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  1. Targetting the Penniless Demographic on Snapchat Files For IPO (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Teenagers and students, lots of cash to spend on advertisers products...

  2. We know that these devices aren't the most reliable given the reports of touch disease, not too surprising that they would be experiencing other issues.

  3. Re:Finally... I hope on Google To Prohibit Fake News Websites From Using Its Ad-Selling Software (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Don't forget Indian Times or whatever it is...

  4. It's actually a bit odd there isn't a reasonable hard limit.

  5. Re:Will just balkanize the web on Russia To Block LinkedIn After Court Ruling on User Data (go.com) · · Score: 1

    Consider as someone outside Russia, your local server couldn't have a near copy of the data about a Russian which cause a delay and lacks redundancy. Any search would need to be orchestrated globally via servers in every country. And due to storage requirements none of it can be cached.

    That said, this is only an issue for services like Facebook & LinkedIn whose sole purpose is to disseminate the information they hold about you. Its an entirely appropriate restriction for medical information, financial, etc.

  6. So why don't we ever hear about the effect of LCD TVs on sleep? Surely a 60" TV blazing at you for hours is worse than a 6" screen.

  7. If you were talking about Twitter trending topics you'd be right, but Google is used universally by everyone to try to find information.

  8. Much like adblock it's still up to the end user if they choose to use a tool that does it. The exception would be if and only if this 3rd party acted as a middle man. What's next, block Firefox because you don't like the way they render your page?

  9. Seems like I'll be writing to the CBC Ombudsman after work as well as the supervising minister...

  10. Re:Been around for years, this is not new. on The Sega Genesis Is Officially Back In Production (dailydot.com) · · Score: 1

    Are you referring to the AT Games Sega device? If so its a bad emulator (sound distortion and lag iirc) not real hardware. Though it isn't really clear whether the TecToy device will also use original chips or something else.

  11. I don't recall the Democrats praising Comey, merely that the FBI had investigated and found no criminal behaviour.

  12. Re:Shift of responsibility on British Retail Tesco Bank: 20,000 Customers Lose Money (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    While most of us on Slashdot can probably deal with some money missing temporarily there are definitely people out there for whom this would be a big problem.

  13. Re:Why trust a cheap supermarket to be a bank? on British Retail Tesco Bank: 20,000 Customers Lose Money (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Current password? Or a password reset?

  14. Re:Dear Samsung: on Samsung To Launch AI Digital Assistant Service For Galaxy S8 (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    I think most users would be interested in being able to swap batteries, at least if they still even offered them for sale at a reasonable price 2-3 years into the device. The others, including SD cards the majority of users won't care about.

  15. Re:ECM for phun and profit on Ukraine's Military Wants To Use the HoloLens For Its Tanks (ubergizmo.com) · · Score: 1

    Why wouldn't they simply hardwire everything? I'm sure the tank already has a sophisticated network of electronics.

  16. Re:time to dial back the shill on Design For the Present (marco.org) · · Score: 1

    Releasing a USB-C to Lightning cable is actually worse than a dongle since then you'd need multiple lightning cables depending on what you might be near when you need to charge your device. Do you really want to get a new wall adapter, & car charger? What if you're at a friends place or a bar? What will they have available?

  17. Re:time to dial back the shill on Design For the Present (marco.org) · · Score: 1

    Or if you set down on a non flat surface it pops out. I've also generally found that the magsafe connectors regularly attach in a non-charging mode and notoriously Apple power cables fray & crack which never happens with any other PC manufacturer.

  18. Re:Yes, but... Apple is a change agent. on Design For the Present (marco.org) · · Score: 1

    Given he's responding in a thread about Apple's history with USB the fact that firewire was a standard isn't exactly different. Though with firewire it was a case of them backing a technological dead-end much like thunderbolt.

  19. Re:Yes, but... Apple is a change agent. on Design For the Present (marco.org) · · Score: 1

    Don't forget thunderbolt via a display port,

  20. Re:time to dial back the shill on Design For the Present (marco.org) · · Score: 1

    USB was already happening, and would have happened regardless of the imac's tiny marketshare. The reality is that only real effect it had was made imac owners pay for overpriced accessories.

  21. Re:Same thing happened in Houston on US Government Sues AT&T/DirecTV, Calls It 'Ringleader' of Collusion Scheme (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Ah, but did they actually communicate with each other about the decisions in advance? Its fine for no one to decide to buy the only question is whether they talked about it beforehand.

  22. Live streams are pretty different than a pre-recorded blob.

  23. I'm not sure I want the people watching it with more time on their hands, imagine the damage they could do to the world!

  24. Its more than that actually, shingles should have a batch number on them and color can vary quite a bit between batches. If you end up with multiple batches you're supposed to mix them gradually so when you stand back on the street it isn't obvious.

  25. Re:Different from the Kid Gloves They Used for App on Google Discloses Exploited Windows Vulnerability 10 Days After Telling Microsoft (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    Depends on how widespread it seems to be really, if there are relatively few instances then it might make sense to not publish it make the entire world aware of it.